On January 4, 2026, the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) issued the "Notice on Revision of the Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Certification Rules" on its official website, the main contents of which are as follows:

All related enterprises:

According to the voluntary certification filing requirements of the CNCA, the Product Certification Department of the China Quality Certification Center (hereinafter referred to as CQC) has completed the revision of CQC21-020304-2011 "Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Certification Rules" according to the content of the standard changes, involving business category numbers: 130101, 130102, 130103. The revision content and implementation requirements are hereby notified as follows:

1. Main revisions

1) Adjust the certification mode as: product testing + initial factory inspection + post-certification supervision;

2) The name of the rule is changed to "Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Certification Rules";

3) According to the standard GB/T 26572-2011 (including the No. 1 amendment form), it is modified to GB 26572-2025;

4) Increase the content of initial factory inspection and certification supervision, and add Annex 1, factory quality assurance capability requirements.

2. Implementation requirements

1) From February 1, 2026, the new version of the rules shall be adopted to implement certification and issue international standard reports.

2) For products that have been certified according to the old version of the rules, the holder of the certification certificate (3-year certificate) can submit a change application to CQC, and CQC will update the international standard report according to the certification status of the enterprise, and replace the certificate after conformity assessment.

3) The one-year certificate can be transitioned naturally.

3. Contact information

Enterprises can submit certification applications through the CQC official website (www.cqc.com.cn), please contact the engineers of the Product Certification Department 6 for specific matters.

Liu Kai 010-83886566

On June 29, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China) issued the Announcement of Chinese National Standards No. 14 of 2024. 109 national standards and 4 national standard modification orders were approved.

Among them, the No. 1 amendment to the China RoHS standard GB/T 26572-2011 "Limit Requirements for Restricted Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products" includes four phthalates, namely di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) and bis(2-ethyl)hexyl phthalate (DEHP), into the standard control, and the number of restricted substances in GB/T 26572-2011 has increased to ten. This requirement will be officially implemented on January 1, 2026.

On January 25, 2024, CNCA released the Announcement No. 3 of 2024 on the official website of , which reads as follows:

Decided to adjust the testing method standards of the conformity assessment system for the restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products from GB/T 26125 "Determination of Six Restricted Substances (Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers)" to GB/T 39560.1, GB/T 39560.2, GB/T 39560.301 and GB/T 39560.4, GB/T 39560.5, GB/T 39560.6, GB/T 39560.701, GB/T 39560.702, a total of 8 series of standards for the determination of certain substances in electrical and electronic products (hereinafter referred to as GB/T 39560 series standards). The relevant requirements are hereby announced as follows:

1. From March 1, 2024, the testing methods for carrying out conformity assessment activities for the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products shall be implemented in accordance with the GB/T 39560 series standards.

2. Before March 1, 2024, if the conformity assessment is completed in accordance with GB/T 26125, the standard conversion shall be completed by means of natural transition such as expiration renewal and product change.

3. Before March 1, 2024, products that have been shipped and imported do not need to be converted to standards.